Example sentences of "[pron] has a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative approach which has a number of advantages over linear control systems , is the switching regulator , or as it is more usually known , the ‘ switch-mode power supply ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The audit function should be carried out by the Court of Auditors in a similar way to that adopted by the principal auditor of a multinational group of companies which has a number of foreign subsidiary companies . |
| 3 | Frame Technology Inc , San Jose , also exhibited in support of its numerous partners in Japan , exhibiting a new version of Japanese Framemaker 2.1X desktop publishing , which has a number of new features to suit the Japanese environment , including tategaki and automatic numbering of kanji and numerics . |
| 4 | It is commonplace to describe a lexeme which has a number of senses as polysemous ( or as manifesting the property of polysemy ) , and a lexical form which realises lexical units belonging to more than one lexeme as homonymous . |
| 5 | In a sentence like ‘ The boy hit the girl with a flower ’ , one can think of the verb as a predicate which has a number of arguments — that is , one could represent the sentence as HIT ( BOY , GIRL , FLOWER ) . |
| 6 | Most public sector officials will be paid on a salary scale which has a number of incremental points on it and each year the official will advance a small step towards the top of the scale . |
| 7 | AWI 's Cel Editor maintains that method of working , and , in fact becomes very much a graphics package which has a number of screens to work on . |
| 8 | Let us consider a retail company which has a number of department stores and warehouses . |
| 9 | For a corporation like Unilever , which has a number of companies in its overall control , the boundary may be defined to include one or a number of these companies . |
| 10 | West Midlands have taken the initiative WITH ‘ TOTAL QUALITY ’ : a development strategy which has a number of objectives : |
| 11 | Often in theatre in education there is a link person who has a number of key functions , in turn acting as presenter , teacher , questioner , comic relief , sometimes , indeed , pretending not to understand and needing to have points carefully explained . |
| 12 | He or she has a number of non-teaching hours for work with young people and their families after they leave school . |
| 13 | She now runs the Darlington branch of the National Epilepsy Society and to help parents and teachers recognise the symptoms she had she has a number of books and videos which she is willing to lend to anyone interested . |
| 14 | He has a number , many quite apt , which he is liable to produce to lend substance to his conversation . |
| 15 | Once an advertiser knows the ACORN types he wants to aim at , he has a number of options . |
| 16 | Once an associate of criminals such as the Krays and Richardsons , he has a number of convictions for violent crime . |
| 17 | He 's done extremely well , and he has a number of reports and examined every possible area . |
| 18 | Although the NHS represents remarkable value for money when viewed in the international context , it has a number of weaknesses , including limited incentives for efficiency and a lack of responsiveness to consumers . |
| 19 | It has a number of clearly defined aims to pursue over the next three years . |
| 20 | As in the West , Sun will also drawn on scientific and technical sales from its exposure in academic institutions — it has a number of existing joint venture projects and agreements with Russian scientific and research centres . |
| 21 | Toshiba Corp has been showing off the robotics work it is engaged on at its research centre , where it has a number of projects that are or have grown out of government-sponsored projects : it is developing eyes 2mm to 3mm in diameter for a micromachine for use in inspecting pipes in nuclear power stations , and also a software-controlled self-mobile robot for use in space where not all astronauts can be expected to be robot experts . |
| 22 | As in the West , Sun will also leverage scientific and technical sales from its exposure in academic institutions — it has a number of existing joint venture projects and agreements with Russian scientific and research centres . |
| 23 | It has a number of attractive old domestic buildings , schedule for preservation , and some interesting antique shops . |
| 24 | However , we usually refer to the latter in the text , as it has a number of additional features of interest , such as paging and segmentation . |
| 25 | It has a number of advantages . |
| 26 | We consider database to be online because it has a number of distinct features functionality . |
| 27 | It has a number on it , but not the number of the second millennium . |
| 28 | Erm and it has a number of different types W and F . |
| 29 | There are some changes er from the er last Pisa outing and er is not the regular goalkeeper but er clearly that er that jersey which is luminous at the back , it has a number one on the back and it 's luminous as he turns round . |
| 30 | Another reason for difficulties arising in relationships is that each of us has a number of different ‘ faces ’ . |